Queensland Reds v British & Irish Lions - Wednesday, 2 July 8:00pm

[Nuggetyflyhalf]

I’ll be at the Caxton!!!!!

 

[Wilson]

LIONS TEAM​

15. Hugo Keenan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)
14. Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints/England) #858
13. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors/Scotland) #878
12. Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby/Ireland) #837
11. Duhan van der Merwe (Edinburgh Rugby/Scotland) #841
10. Finn Russell (Bath Rugby/Scotland) #835
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster Rugby/Ireland)

1. Andrew Porter (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #876
2. Ronan Kelleher (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #864
3. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby/England) #877
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens/England) (C) #825
5. Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers/England) #875
6. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks/England) #853
7. Jac Morgan (Ospreys/Wales) #861
8. Jack Conan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #839

Replacements: 16. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks/England) #851 17. Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears/ England) #859 18. Finlay Bealham (Connacht Rugby/Ireland) #856 19. James Ryan (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) 20. Ben Earl (Saracens/England) #857 21. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints/England) #860 22. Fin Smith (Northampton Saints/England) #862 23. Garry Ringrose (Leinster Rugby/Ireland) #872

ITOJE RETURNS FOR REDS AT SUNCORP STADIUM - The British & Irish Lions Website

www.lionsrugby.com

 

[Dctarget]

Reds by 30

 

[Sword of Justice]

Yep easy win. Only thing I’m nervous about is us playing Aki into form by not fronting up through the middle. We will need our centres to play bigger than they are and aggressive, which they often do tbf.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Bit of pressure on Jones and Keenan if they want Test spots. Ringrose and Daly were excellent v the Force.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Good luck Reds. That looks much more like the Lions test side to me than the one that turned out for the Force.

 

[Strewthcobber]

Paisami trying to stop Aki is going to be interesting...

 

[Wilson]

No Hodgman is a blow, but otherwise as expected:

Queensland Reds name team to face British and Irish Lions

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[Wilson]

Also over 46,000 tickets sold so far

 

[Strewthcobber]

Why does it look like they've photoshopped noses onto everyone's faces?

 

[Mr Pilfer]

Hopefully Reds put up a decent fight. On paper the Lions have a massive advantage from #7 to #10.

 

[Strewthcobber]

9 Wallabies, two All Blacks and a Samoan international in the Reds 23. Decent team although I'm a bit scared about that backline defensively

 

[PhilClinton]

Tim Ryan looks like he's 14 but his mate has used AI to get him a fake ID

 

[Wilson]

Bit surprised to see Nasser on the bench over Asiata, I wonder if he's carrying an injury?

Hopefully he gets a run in one of the invitational sides, it's been too good a year for him not to be rewarded.

 

[Dan54]

That's not a bad Reds team. Should be good game.

 

[James Ryan]

It's snuck in under the radar a bit but how good is it to see Henry back. Was in great form at 12 before he got injured last year and gives us a bit of size that we've been missing in the midfield. Go well son.

 

[Ignoto]

Fuck yeah 6-2 split. Hopefully a few rib ticklers to Finn so he thinks twice on being a cock pick like he did to the Force.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Uru, Brial and Paisami should be endlessly running at him as well. He's an awful defender and it seems to always be a hug attempt to the chest. Get through and have Jock off the hip for an offload.

 

[Wilson]

First time 10-12-13 setup of Russell, Aki, Jones favours this, and our tighter passing game a fair bit too. Uru/Canham working the offloads down that channel could really open them up. Doesn't hurt that Russell is coming off decent minutes on a short turn around either.

 

[Dctarget]

Fellas are we favourites?